100 1   Sakhuja, Vijay.  
245  0 Sakhuja, Vijay.  
260    Abu Dhabi :|bThe Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and
       Research,|c2013.   
300    54p. ;|c21 cm.  
490    Emirates lecture series ;|v110  
500    This publication is based on a lecture presented on June  
       4,2013"--T.p. verso.   
505    Includes bibliographical references and notes (p. 37-42). 
520 0   The contemporary discourse on maritime security is highly
       focused on asymmetric threats and challenges confronting  
       the international community. Among these, terrorism and   
       sea piracy have attracted greater attention. These issues 
       have figured prominently in statements and speeches by the
       political leaderships across the globe and international  
       organizations such as the United Nations, which have      
       attempted to address it through a number of resolutions   
       and conventions, and the national security strategy       
       documents of several countries have incorporated these in 
       their strategic calculations and operational doctrines.   
       The international community has responded firmly to these 
       threats and challenges through a number of political,     
       diplomatic, security, legal and financial initiatives with
       positive results. Likewise, the international shipping    
       industry has expressed concern about the threat of piracy 
       and joined hands with the governments and instituted best 
       business practices to protect ships against pirate        
       attacks.  In recent times, the Gulf of Aden has witnessed 
       a rise in incidents of piracy which has threatened sea-   
       based commerce transiting though the area. There have been
       a number of hijackings, large sums of ransom money has    
       been paid to the pirates for the release of crew, and     
       perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Somali piracy is
       that some crew members were killed due to non-payment of  
       ransom. Furthermore, the Somali pirates have expanded     
       their reach far and wide into the Indian Ocean including  
       the Red Sea, Coast of Oman, Arabian Sea, waters around the
       Maldives, and the western seaboard of India. The shipping 
       industry has urged the United Nations and national        
       governments to take necessary action under various UN     
       Security Council (UNSC) resolutions to curb piracy, deploy
       naval assets and punish the criminals. Also a number of   
       international initiatives and responses such as         
       multinational naval operations, improved politico-        
       diplomatic international cooperation, adoption of improved
       onboard security measures by the shipping companies,      
       positioning of private security guards onboard ships, and 
       a number of national legal reforms to address piracy have 
       resulted in a decrease in the number of hijackings.    
650    Hijacking of ships|zAden, Gulf of.  
650 10   Maritime terrorism|zAden, Gulf of.   Maritime terrorism
       |zArabian Sea.  Piracy|zAden, Gulf of|xPrevention.  Piracy
       |zArabian Sea|xPrevention.   
710    Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.  
710 0   Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.